Chugoku Shimbun (News), in Japan, is from the Hiroshima region of the country. Their online report of the election just appeared in original Japanese.

During these wee hours in the USA, I'm happy to "FReepranslate" the first paragraph and article headline as follows:

"US Midterm Elections: Republicans Heading For Landslide?"

"Washington Reporter, Tohru Mukai: "Polls one day before the big US midterm elections show a 15 point lead of popularity of the Republican Party over the Democratic Party. For all intents and purposes, tomorrow's vote in the US is a vote of confidence or no confidence against President Obama. Even despite Michelle Obama and former President Clinton barnstorming key battleground states in a final effort, it has come to this."

Yep, that's coming up, max. Thank you for reminding me. Gotta get out there with the digi-camera again for 2010 in Tokyo. Hope to take a lot of pics. ;-) It should be a very good Christmas 2010 (if the Yemeni's don't hit the USA/Europe between now and then).

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posted on 11/02/2010 12:52:56 AM PDT
by AmericanInTokyo
(UNEMPLOYED OR CAN TAKE OFF WORK?: **WORK NONSTOP FOR REVOLUTION FOR 24 HOURS*(Win! Then Sleep!))

If one is starting in early on the Japanese and other Asian beers in celebration here in Japan [have voted absentee with a clear conscience and am off duty], (we can do that as it is getting dark here on Tuesday, the eve of a Japanese National Holiday), then either version is cool!! ;-)

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posted on 11/02/2010 12:55:34 AM PDT
by AmericanInTokyo
(UNEMPLOYED OR CAN TAKE OFF WORK?: **WORK NONSTOP FOR REVOLUTION FOR 24 HOURS*(Win! Then Sleep!))

It’s a piece of cake for me. That’s not necessarily bragging. I have just done it on FR for so many years, that’s all. Can usually get those done in 5 to 10 minutes max. Kudos of course to TigerLikesRooster handling the Korean peninsula on FR for us, too.

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posted on 11/02/2010 4:48:25 AM PDT
by AmericanInTokyo
(UNEMPLOYED OR CAN TAKE OFF WORK?: **WORK NONSTOP FOR REVOLUTION FOR 24 HOURS*(Win! Then Sleep!))

I love reading these. I think the non English news media has been so rabidly pro Obama for so long they can’t believe he is losing politically “even despite” the efforts of Bill Clinton and Michele Obama.

Absolutely. I read it forwards, then backwards and then vertically up and down. It made perfect sense to me no matter which way I read. And this from a country that has a town called 'Obama' whose citizens back in 2008 were cheering Obama's "erection".

The big U.S. midterm election on 1st be before showing 15 point leads of the popularity of Republican Party in Democratic Party in the public opinion poll. About all the intention and purpose, in U.S. tomorrow’s vote is the want of confidence to a vote of confidence and the president. Even, without being concerned the important fierce fight state of final effort to the canvass this as for Mitchebama and the Clinton former president, it has would. The president knows be assumed that it loses all the faces. We chatted like your so in sorry.

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posted on 11/02/2010 9:32:38 AM PDT
by oyez
(The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)

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